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Date:      Wed, 22 Nov 2000 02:07:11 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Chris Byrnes <chris@jeah.net>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Hmm..passwords.
Message-ID:  <20001122020711.B4078@citusc17.usc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011211200380.31499-100000@awww.jeah.net>; from chris@jeah.net on Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 12:01:27PM -0600
References:  <20001121082750.A2922@citusc17.usc.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011211200380.31499-100000@awww.jeah.net>

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On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 12:01:27PM -0600, Chris Byrnes wrote:
> > No longer correct. You don't need to futz with libraries and symlinks
> > any more, only change the value of the passwd_format login capability
> > in /etc/login.conf. The default is MD5 passwords for new accounts.
>=20
> Hrm -- I find it odd that half of my passwords were changed to MD5 and
> half were left DES in the upgrade, then.  Any reason for this?

They literally could not have been changed in the upgrade - it is
impossible to convert a password hash from one format to
another. Perhaps the account passwords expired or something, and those
accounts got new passwords.

Kris

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